16- Journal- Reflections

Thanks to Caleb for these notes!

• old R.C. Decides that it is time for some reflections on his current state
• he looks back and realizes that he has no expectation of anything coming from the rest f the world
• Robinson Crusoe* decides that he actually has no desire to live in the civilized world
  • no wickedness of civilization, i. e. pride, corruption, temptations, etc.
  • he was lord and master of all he surveyed on his island
• many natural resources that were his to use
  • grapes
  • wood
  • wild grain
• EPIPHANY TIME!!!
  • he realized by his four years on the island that all that could be used was all that was useful
    • to clarify, people cannot enjoy more than they use; there is no want, only need
  • even a mine's worth of diamonds would have no purpose
• he becomes more optimistic about life :\
• his condition is much better than he first expected it to be
• he thinks about how the simple moving of the ship closer to shore saved him
  • he would not be able to get food
• he realizes that his condition on the island is much better than almost any other situation wherein one would stranded on a remote island
• he had a backwards karma payout(he did bad things, but God's fortune still smiled upon him)
• his ink was running on empty
• his clothes began to rot away

*designates a maverick or mavericky action